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Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 is the Worst Game Ever Part 1 - Intro
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 03:36PM | By: Admin in Features, PlayStation 3, Video Games, Xbox 360
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 03:36PM | By: Admin in Features, PlayStation 3, Video Games, Xbox 360
Bad things really shouldn't affect me at this point. I've listened to Brokencyde. I've watched the un-MST3Ked Manos: The Hands of Fate. I've read more horrible fanfics than you've ever heard of. I bought and am reading Atlanta Nights. I own several Sonic Underground DVDs. I love bad things and am mostly immune to any pain they may cause, yet Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 hurt me. I actually felt physical pain while playing the game, and it even made me throw a controller, something I had never done before.
A forty-three and a forty-six on Metacritic, pretty bad scores huh?
Sound like a horrible game huh? Well there were a few reviews on the list that were a little more generous.
That review is wrong. Factually wrong. There are no decent characters, the load times were the LEAST of this games problems, and you should never rent this game. Never. I own 30+ Sonic games, I used to adore Sonic, and I implore you to not pick up this game. Enough of this though, any review that gave this game a score above a 40 must have been playing something else, because Sonic 06 is the worst game ever made. Why did I buy it then? Morbid curiosity, it was $5, I thought I could handle things of Sonic 06's quality, whatever my reasoning was I don't want you to play it. I don't wish that upon anyone. I only finished the game because I did not want to admit defeat; I did quit for a time thrice though.
Sonic 06 is perhaps the most broken game ever created, it's a testament to their QA team that the game shipped without some glitch that makes the game completely unbeatable/broken. It's broken as much as it can be without crossing the "completely unplayable" threshold. It makes you think that it might actually be playable for a while, that you may not die by glitching through a cliff or because a scripted jump sequence decided you were going to hit a wall this time. This is why it is worse than something like Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, it consistently falls short of your constantly decreasing expectations.
When you pick up Imagine Trailer Park RACING Tycoooooonz, you know it is going to be awful and just not fun. Sonic you expect to at least have some good bits, but no. There are no good bits in Sonic 06, the game has killed Sonic for me as well. I'll still enjoy the older ones, but I can never see myself buying a new one ever again. Project Needlemouse looks interesting, but I have lost all faith in the blue blur. Stay tuned in the coming days to see me go into detail exactly why Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 is the worst game ever created.
Sonic games began dropping in quality with Sonic Heroes. Heroes was fun in some spots, but could really only be called "okay". Then Shadow the Hedgehog was released and it seemed the series had hit rock bottom. Then Sonic 06 happened and we discovered just how low SEGA could go. Universally reviled, the game was considered a complete mess by all, but until you actually play it you can not know how much the reviews sugarcoated things.
A forty-three and a forty-six on Metacritic, pretty bad scores huh?
Along with the Engrish translation, ear-torturing voice acting and mindless, lifeless soundtrack, Sonic the Hedgehog is a broken, hideous mess, splattered in the middle of the gaming motorway.
This is absolutely awful. The Sonic franchise has been dragged through the dirt so often, and this serves to add insult to injury. This game is utterly bland, soulless and broken beyond repair.
Throw in some horrendously long loading times, a muddy story line and dialogue that will make you laugh in agony, and you have a train wreck of a video game. Not even fans of Sonic's classic adventures will be able to look past the stench this game leaves in its speed wake.
Sound like a horrible game huh? Well there were a few reviews on the list that were a little more generous.
Shadow and Silver are decent characters, Sonic’s not so amazing, and one of the very worst problems is load times of all things. If you like Sonic, rent.
That review is wrong. Factually wrong. There are no decent characters, the load times were the LEAST of this games problems, and you should never rent this game. Never. I own 30+ Sonic games, I used to adore Sonic, and I implore you to not pick up this game. Enough of this though, any review that gave this game a score above a 40 must have been playing something else, because Sonic 06 is the worst game ever made. Why did I buy it then? Morbid curiosity, it was $5, I thought I could handle things of Sonic 06's quality, whatever my reasoning was I don't want you to play it. I don't wish that upon anyone. I only finished the game because I did not want to admit defeat; I did quit for a time thrice though.
Sonic 06 is perhaps the most broken game ever created, it's a testament to their QA team that the game shipped without some glitch that makes the game completely unbeatable/broken. It's broken as much as it can be without crossing the "completely unplayable" threshold. It makes you think that it might actually be playable for a while, that you may not die by glitching through a cliff or because a scripted jump sequence decided you were going to hit a wall this time. This is why it is worse than something like Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, it consistently falls short of your constantly decreasing expectations.
When you pick up Imagine Trailer Park RACING Tycoooooonz, you know it is going to be awful and just not fun. Sonic you expect to at least have some good bits, but no. There are no good bits in Sonic 06, the game has killed Sonic for me as well. I'll still enjoy the older ones, but I can never see myself buying a new one ever again. Project Needlemouse looks interesting, but I have lost all faith in the blue blur. Stay tuned in the coming days to see me go into detail exactly why Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 is the worst game ever created.
Reader Comments (8)
Beware the Sonic Cycle. It has fooled many a man. Also you are very brave ;v
i feel your pain man....i felt the same way and i cried from just playing it for 10 minutes....everything sucked in that game and i am a diehard sonic fan....but i wouldn't wish this on my worst enemies!
Saying you'll never buy a Sonic game anymore is completely pointless. I'll laugh at you when I'll be playing a new great Sonic game! No matter how long it will take.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUpoSjP3AuU
XD
If only that were real...
i thought this game was actually really good
Sonic Colors was good
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